By Molly Enking, Maine Public Despite normal snowfall this winter, Maine remains in a years-long drought with record low stream flow, which puts the state at below normal flood risk this spring, according to the Maine Emergency Management Agency.

MILO — SAD 41 and the town of Milo are working together to have a sidewalk put in over the summer along Penquis Drive between West Main Street and the Penquis Valley School, to allow students to walk to and from the building and not be in the road with all the vehicle traffic before and after school.

AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Provost Joseph Szakas announces the fall 2025 full-time president’s list and full-time dean’s list.

Sarah Curtis of Dover-Foxcroft and Pam Goulette of Guilford have joined the Maine Community Foundation’s Piscataquis County Committee.

Photo courtesy of Danielle BenderYOUNG GARDENERS — On Feb.

Grade 12, high honor roll: Liam Atkinson, Vegas Carey, Sean Chenkin,  Brooklyn Decker, Amara Driscoll, Alice Masina; honor roll: Connor Jay, Kaitlynn McMahon, Hunter Kelley, Gavin LaPointe,  Marcus Legere, Caysie Moore, Aidan Murano, Wyatt Romero, Darreht Santos, Jareth Williams, Gage Yenchochic.

PRESQUE ISLE — One thousand five hundred and forty students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle have received academic recognition for the fall 2025 semester, according to Alana Margeson, provost and vice president of academic Affairs.

By Christoper Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Students from Piscataquis County will have the opportunity to earn a degree from Husson University tuition free.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff The American Red Cross will discontinue mobile blood drives across northern Maine effective in July, according to a statement from the organization.

MILO — On Friday, March 13 from 5-7 p.

MILO — Work continues on Milo’s forthcoming $7.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After several Piscataquis County officials visited the Sangerville location last week and hearing from Recovery Wellness Community Center Program Manager Alan Burgess during a Tuesday morning county commissioners meeting, the commissioners voted to have $10,000 in county opioid settlement money go annually to the non-profit center.

MILO — Jaunty tunes and a nature-themed game were highlights of the February meeting of Milo Garden Club.

By Judith Meyer, The Maine Monitor AUGUSTA — Members of the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government voted unanimously to table a bill intended to provide bankruptcy protection to Maine counties and municipalities Feb.

By Daniel O’Connor Republicans already have a crowded primary in one of the most conservative parts of Maine, with four candidates running to represent Bangor-area towns and all of Piscataquis County in the state Senate.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Revenues covered expenses in the 2025 Piscataquis County budget.

Northern Light Health is going all in for heart health this February, joining the national observance of American Heart Month with a powerful message: “Be the Heart of Our Community.

MILO — The Three Rivers Kiwanis 8-Ball Pool League has been playing for nine years.